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Locut0s

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8. That's true but it also seems that we are catering more to the ultra right than we ever did...

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Reply #7)

Sat May 11, 2013, 07:22 PM

May 2013

and some of that includes the ultra rights family values morals as well. 7 second delay? Janet Jackson's nip slip, and the "shock" and outrage it created on network news? These seem more draconian than things we've seen in the past even if over all things have improved.

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Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, dirty jokes on live TV [View all] Lionel Mandrake May 2013 OP

Not before the VCR was invented, before videotape was invented Lydia Leftcoast May 2013 #1

You're right. Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #2

My dear Lionel Mandrake! CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #3

My dear CP, Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #5

I once heard Buddy Hackett tell a joke on Carson that would shut DU down. nolabear May 2013 #4

We have simultaneously become more open AND more prudish... Locut0s May 2013 #6

Different words are bad now. Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #7

That's true but it also seems that we are catering more to the ultra right than we ever did... Locut0s May 2013 #8

Ever heard of Pre-Code Hollywood? jakeXT May 2013 #11

Marilyn was amazing! In_The_Wind May 2013 #9

Arnold Palmer's wife was on the Carson show once panader0 May 2013 #10

Way to go, Mrs. Palmer! Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #12